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UPDATE YOUR VOCABULARY – 104

  1. RECONCILE(VERB): make peace; adjust

Synonyms: harmonize, pacify         

  Antonyms: agitate, fight

Example Sentence: 

The two friends reconciled after their fight.

 

  1. MERCURIAL (ADJECTIVE):remove an inferior or unwanted component of a group or collection

Synonyms: divide, segregate       

 Antonyms: collect, gather

Example Sentence:

We must weed out the process of greasing the palms of our superiors.

  1. SAVVY (VERB):know

Synonyms: understand, grasp             

   Antonyms: misunderstand, ignore

Example Sentence:

Sooner or later you are going to savvy her actual nature.

  1. BELEAGUERED (VERB): besieged

Synonyms: harass, hemmed in          

     Antonyms: help, assist

Example Sentence: 

Indian Army came to relieve the beleaguered garrison.

  1. BALK (VERB):eschew

Synonyms: resist, unwilling to      

Antonyms: accept, welcome

Example Sentence: 

Some over protective parents balked at letting their children use a cellphone.

  1. PORTENTOUS(ADJECTIVE): ominous

Synonyms: predictive, apocalyptic   

   Antonyms: auspicious, propitious

Example Sentence:

The portentous clouds loomed overhead and threatened to ruin my outdoor wedding.

  1. AVERSION (ADJECTIVE):revulsion

Synonyms: allergy, repugnance           

  Antonyms: fondness, like

Example Sentence: 

My mother has an aversion to heights.

  1. MEASLY (ADJECTIVE): meagre

Synonyms: miserable, paltry     

   Antonyms: proficient, plenty

Example Sentence:

This diet burns only a measly 82 calories.

  1. SORDID (ADJECTIVE): despicable

Synonyms: unsavoury, contemptible      

  Antonyms: reputable, respectable

Example Sentence: 

Mentally stable persons don’t take interest in sordid little affairs.

  1. SAP (VERB)gradually weaken or destroy (a person’s strength or power).

Synonyms: attenuate, enfeeble  

  Antonyms: strengthen, invigorate

Example Sentence: 

The energy of unbiased journalists is being sapped by bureaucrats and politicians.

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